Former Seaworld killer whale trainer responds to movie “Blackfish”
Blackfish’s promotional posterBlackfish premiered on January 19, 2013 and was later acquired and broadcast by CNN in October of the same year. ... Read more.
War Torn Iraq To Get Its First Modern Public Aquarium
Iraq has been a war torn country for over a decade, with little if any safe leisure or recreational activities for families. However, this week, an announcement... Read more.
Less is sometimes more
A masterful paludarium aquascaped/landscaped by Andreas Ruppert as reported by Team Aqua Rebell. The boundary between water and land is often some of the most unique... Read more.
Gobies Keep Fijian Reefs Clean
Georgia Tech biologist’s Mark Hay and Danielle Dixson study the unique relationship shared by gobies, algae and coral. Seaweed algae, unchecked, can overrun... Read more.
Guess this species (you won’t guess correctly)
Nope. Not Acropora sp. Not Montipora sp. Not Anacropora sp. This is Eucheuma arnoldii … a red ALGAE that mimics Acropora. Wild, huh?! ... Read more.
Deepwater Aquatics’ new HOB skimmer by JNS
HOB skimmers are difficult to design because their limited real estate creates engineering challenges (if you subscribe to popular skimmer design theory). ... Read more.
Ecotech Marine announces third generation Radion LED light fixtures
Ecotech Marine supplied Advanced Aquarist with their latest product announcement:The Radion Generation 3 Is Here! The best LED aquarium light fixtures just got... Read more.
That’s going to make for one heckuva calamari!
This giant squid was captured off Sado Island in the Niigata prefecture of Japan. It measured four meters (~13 feet), making it a relatively small giant squid... Read more.
The complicated chemical relationships within coral communities are astonishing
The chemically noxious seaweed Galaxaura filamentosa was placed in contact with a living coral (Porites cylindrica) for eight days to assess whether competition... Read more.
Fighting conches lose their “jumping” defense in acidic waters
As oceans become more acidic, fighting conches may find themselves less able to leap from danger.From the ARC Centre of Excellence Coral Reef Studies:Jumping... Read more.